MURASAKI SHIKIBU The first novelist

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A statue of Catherine the Great draped in

THE UK’S FIRST FEMALE PRIESTS

© Getty Images At Bristol Cathedral a service

FRANCES PERKINS IS APPOINTED TO THE AMERICAN CABINET

© Getty Images Appointed as secretary of labor

BATTLE OF SEDAN

NORTHEASTERN FRANCE, 1 SEPTEMBER 1870

ALEXANDER HAMILTON HAD BECOME PRESIDENT?

Did this US Founding Father, brave and brilliant yet impetuous and divisive, have the right stuff for the top job?

MARCHING FOR CHANGE

A new exhibition displays banners from groundbreaking moments of protest

REVIEWS

The books, TV shows and films causing a stir in the history world this month

THE FOUNDER

Director: John Lee Hancock Starring: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch Country: USA Year: 2016

POT-AU-FEU

A CLASSIC FRENCH BEEF DISH, FRANCE, 16TH CENTURY – PRESENT

Key Events

1663 ROYAL APPROVAL GRANTED FOR BRITAIN TO BEGIN

VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL

Kolkata 1921

SEPOY

India 1785

PARTHENON SCULPTURES

These controversial marble artefacts once adorned Greece’s most famous temple Greece, 5th century BCE

REBELS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

These revolutionaries stood up and fought against British colonial rule in their home nations

SLAVERY AND THE EMPIRE

Padraic X Scanlan discusses the role slavery played in the British Empire

THE EMPIRE ABROAD

Discover more about the legacy of the British Empire at these historic sites

Catherine the Tyrant?

How Russia’s ‘Great’ enlightened empress crushed opposition and her neighbours

Gangs of New York

In 19th century New York City, the impoverished Five Points area was a battleground for rival thugs

HISTORY OF ZOOS

From the royal menageries of the past to the zoological gardens of today

ANCIENT DEMONS

From the earliest times people have thought evil powers haunted the world and inflicted harm. Where did these beliefs come from?

WRATH OF THE INQUISITION!

There is no use in tr ying to

Heroines of History

Leading historians champion women from the past who continue to inspire them